River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more. — Ursula Hegi
Willows whiten, aspens quiver, little breezes dusk and shiver, thro' the wave that runs forever by the island in the river, flowing down to Camelot.… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
He was weeping. Although 'weeping' really is to small a word for the activity the kind had undertaken. Tears were cascading from his eyes. A… — Kate DiCamillo
When a man must be afraid to drink freely from his country's river and streams that country is no longer fit to live in. — Edward Abbey
Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be wild; that is how to clear the river. The river does not flow in polluted, we manage that. The river does not dry up,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
As the days piled up into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, and fall slid into winter, I realized one of the great truths… — Jennifer Weiner
When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and… — Isaac Asimov
There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river;… — Marina Tsvetaeva
Giving and receiving are at bottom one thing, dependent on whether one lives open or closed. Living openly one becomes a medium, a transmitter; living… — Henry Miller
We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night. — Sue Monk Kidd
With so much sky and so much river, you couldn't help seeing the big picture. It was what you already knew, but crowding into the… — Melissa Bank
You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same. — Jacques Barzun
When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds. — Charles Bukowski
Lawrence has a wonderful hill in it, with a university on top and the first time I ran away from home, I ran up the… — Langston Hughes
If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever. — Lois Lowry
I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful… — Mark Twain
Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know. --After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I… — Dave Eggers
A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared… — Maya Angelou
And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads… — Tim O'Brien
What?" It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your… — Patricia A. McKillip
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices… — Jerome K. Jerome
Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar — Jim Butcher
I am not the river I am the net. — Frank Herbert

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